Holtålen

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	Holtålen
Basic data
Commune number :	5026
Province  (county) :	Trøndelag
Administrative headquarters:	Ålen
Coordinates :	62 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 62 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 18 ′  E
Surface:	1,209.49 km²
Residents:	1,981  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	2 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	neutral
Website:	holtalen.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Arve Hitterdal  (Framtida Holtålen) (2019)
Location in the province of Trøndelag

Holtålen is a municipality in the central Norwegian Fylke Trøndelag .

It is located in a sparsely populated mountain landscape, a well-known high valley in the region is Hessdalen . The largest town and administrative center is Ålen ; other settlements are z. B. Haltdalen and Aunegrenda . Iron and copper ore were mined in the area until 1986 . Today tourism is one of the main industries. Hunters , fishermen and skiers in particular come here.

Haltdalen stave church , built around 1170, is one of the oldest in Norway; However, it was dismantled in 1884, brought to Trondheim and reinstalled in the Trøndelag Folkemuseum in 1937 , where it can still be viewed today. In 2004 a copy of the stave church was built in Haltdalen, the original location.

See also

• Hessdalen lights
• List of stave churches

Web links

Commons : Holtålen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (Norwegian)
• Cultural information about Holtålen (also Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning